Dr. Shahila Zafar Assistant Professor Department of Languages and Comparative Literature , School of Language, Literature and Culture Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India , 151001 [email protected] ; [email protected] ; +91 - 9952112920 RESEARCH AND TEACHING INT E RESTS Applied Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, Language Learning and Technology , English Language Teaching , African - American Literature , Indian Writing in English EDUCA T ION 2012 Ph.D. , Applied Linguistics , VIT University, Vellore , Tamil Nadu, India Advisor: Dr. K. Meenakshi Thesis Topic: Relationship between English Language Proficiency and Extrav ersion – Introversion Tendencies among University Level Chinese Students 2008 M.Phil. English, Madurai Kamraj University, Madurai , Tamil Nadu, India 2001 M . A . English , Punjabi University, Patiala , Punjab, India 1999 B . A . English ( Hons.) , Government College for Girls, Punjabi University Patiala , Punjab, India NON - DEGREE COURSES Courses completed at the Five Colleges, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA , 2016 - 17 1. Language Method - Colloquium 4. Broadcast News Reporting 2. Language Method - Practicum 5. Black Women Writers 3. Translation and Technology QUALIFYING EXAMS CLEARED 2001 - UGC (NET) - University Grants Commission’s National Eligibility Test for Lectureship in Engl ish Conducted by UGC, New Delhi, India. 2001 - State Level Eligibility Test (SLET) for Lectureship in English, conducted by Rajasthan Public Service Commission, Rajasthan, India TEACHING Assistant Professor Dec 2015 – Present Department of Languages and Comparative Literature, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, Punjab, India Visiting Professor May 2016 - June 2 016 Georg August University, Gottingen, Germany Assistant Professor (Sr.) Sep tember 2012 - Dec ember 2015 Department of English, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India Assistant Professor June 2007 - Aug ust 2012 Department of English, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Sep tember 2006 - May 2007 Five College Center for the Study of World Languages, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA Visiting Lecturer December 2005 - April 2006 School of International Business Studies, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India . Lecturer July 2005 - Dec ember 2005 Career Institute of Technology and Management (CITM), Faridabad, Haryana, India Lecturer July 2003 - March 2005 Sri Guru Harkrishan College of Management and Technology (SGHCMT), Patiala, Punjab, India Lecturer Aug ust 2002 - March 2003 Guru Teg Bahadur College, Bhawanigarh, Punjab, India Lecturer Dec ember 2001 - Aug ust 2002 Government College, Malerkotla, Punjab, India COURSES TAUGHT A. Central University of Punjab Postgraduate Courses ENG518 - Communication Skills in English II ENG502 - English Literature from Chaucer to CPL601 - English Literature of the Modern Milton Age ENG504/CPL513 - Introduction to Linguistics CPL603 - Literary Theory ENG505 Literature and Gender ENGP601 - Contemporary Cultural and ENG509 - Communication Skills in English I Literary Theories ENG513 - Applied Linguistics ENGP604 - Feminist Theory and Literature ENG510 - English Literature of the Augustan CPL609 - Indian Writings in English Age CPL600 - Term Papers CPL517 - Practical Criticism PBL612 - ਭਾਰਤੀ ਸਾਿਹਤ B. VIT University, Vellore Undergraduate Courses Postgraduate Courses ENG101 - English for Engineers - I Technical English ENG102 - English for Engineers - II Intercultural Communication English Bridge Course for the Chinese Professional and Business Communication in Soft Skills Training English AWARDS / HONOURS English Language Teaching Research Partnership (ELTReP) Award, India (2015 - 16) by the British Council, for the research grant of INR 1,94,575 for ‘An Empirical Study on the Efficacy of Project - Based Learning (PBL) Approach on Technical Writing Skills ’. Best Paper award for the paper titled ‘Teachers’ Use of Motivational Strategies in Tertiary Level ESL Classrooms’ at the International Conference on Tre nds and innovations in Language Teaching at Sathyabhama University, Chennai on November 14 - 15, 2014. Research Award for research publications for the years 2011, 2012, 2013, & 2014 at VIT University, Vellore. Fulbright Foundation’s Foreign Language Teachi ng Assistantship (FLTA) program at Five College Center for the Study of World Languages, Unive rsity of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2006 - 2007. RESEARCH GRANTS 2016 - 17 The British Council, India Grant, “ An Empirical Study on the Efficacy of Project - Based Learning (PBL) Approach on Technical Writing Skills ” Role: Principal Investigator , Total Amount: Rs. 1,94,575 . 2014 - 16 Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR) Grant, “ Motivation to learn English as a Second Language and Language Learning Strategies used by the Rural Population of India ”, ” Role: Principal Investigator, Total Amount: Rs. 10,00,000 (15622 $) . 2 RESEARCH SUPERVISION PhD 1. Sartaj Ahmed Lone (ongoing ) Topic: Totalitarian Orientation i n Dystopian Fiction: A Critical Analysis of Selected Texts 2. Subhash (ongoing) Topic: Delineation And Subversion Of Identities Through Language: A Discourse Analysis Of Selected Indian English Novels 3. Geetika Garg (ongoing ) Topic: The Commodification of Women’s Bodies through Sex Trafficking as depicted in Literature: A Comparative Study of Selected Texts MA 1. Amandeep Kaur (2015 - 17) Topic: A Critical Analysis Of Girish Karnad’s Tughlaq And Naga - Mandala 2. Manpreet Kaur (2015 - 17) Topic: A Feminist Reading Of Kamala Markandaya’s Nectar In A Sieve PUBLI CATIONS & PRESENTATIONS BOOKS/ BOOK CHAPTERS ___________ 1. Zafar, S. , Khan, Z. A.(2017). An empirical study of the impact of project - based learning (PBL) appr oach on technical writing skills. Explorations: Teaching and Learning English in India , Edited by Brian Tomlinson and Andy Keedwell , The British Council, India, New Delhi, 30 - 40. (ISBN 978 - 0 - 86355 - 866 - 5 ). 2. Zafar, S. (2016). The Color Purple as a Neo - Slave Narrative. Alica Walker’s Color Purple: Critical Perspectives , Edited by Devaleena Das, Pencraft International, New Delhi, 92 - 101. (ISBN 978 - 93 - 82178 - 10 - 1) 3. Saranraj, L. , Khan Z.A. & Zafar, S. (2015). English for e mployability: A conceptual study on motivation and anxiety. Proceedings of the International Conference on Perspectives of Language, Literature and Theory. Chennai, 451 - 455. (ISBN 978 - 81 - 8124 - 201 - 3) 4. Zafar, S. , Feleciya J.N., & Khan Z.A. (2014). Using web site building as a project - based learning (PBL) tool to enhance engineering students’ technical writing skills. Proceedings of the International Conference on Trends and Innovations in Language Teaching. IEEE, Chennai, 186 - 188. (ISBN - 978 - 1 - 4799 - 7238 - 8) 5. Saranraj, L. , Zafar, S. , & Khan Z.A. (2014). Teachers’ use of motivational strategies in tertiary level ESL classrooms. Proceedings of the International Conference on Trends and Innovations in Language Teaching. IEEE, Chennai, 462 - 466. (ISBN - 978 - 1 - 4799 - 7238 - 8) 6. Saranraj, L. , Khan Z.A., & Zafar, S. (2014). The role of teaching in enhancing students’ motivation to learn a Second Language. New Trends in English Language Teaching , Edited by M. Usha Rani, Research I ndia Press, New Delhi, 228 - 230. (ISBN 978 - 93 - 5171 - 023 - 3) 7. Adaptation of Oral - Literary Forms in Toni Morrison's Novels. Lambert Academic Publishing, 2010. (ISBN - 978 - 38 - 43356 - 51 - 0) RESEARCH PAPERS __________ 1. Zafar, S. , Khan, Z. A. and Meenakshi K. (2017). Extraversion - Introversion Tendencies and their Relationship with ESL Proficiency: A Study of Chinese Students in Vellore, India. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities , 25(2), 687 - 704 . 2. Saranraj, L. , Zafar, S. , & Khan Z.A. (2016). Influence of Motivational Factors and Gender Differences on Learning English as a Second Language: A Case of Engineering Students from Rural Background. Indian Journal of Science and Technology, 9 (44), 1 - 7. 3. Feleciya, J.N., Zafar, S. (2016). The Role of Learning Strategies in Fostering Learner Autonomy: A Conceptual Analysis. LangLit , 2(3), 647 - 651. 4. Saranraj, L. , Zafar, S. , & Khan Z.A. (2016). Language Learning Strategies – A Reappraisal. International Journal of English: Literature, Language and Skills (IJELLS) , 4(4), 134 - 138 . 5. Saranraj, L. , & Zafar, S. (2016). Motivation in second language learning – a retrospect. Galaxy 3 International Interdisciplinary Research Journal, 4(1), 7 - 13. 6. Feleciya, J.N., Zafar, S. , & Khan Z.A. (2015). The influence of language learning strategy on language - related employability skills. Asia - Pacific Journal of Research, 1(33 ), 183 - 190. 7. Feleciya, J.N., Zafar, S. , & Khan Z.A. (2015). A Critical Overview of Language Learning Strategy Research and its Future Implications. Scholar Critic , 2(2), 73 - 82. 8. Zafar, S. , Manjur akar B., Premkumar N., & Khan, Z. A. (2014). Effects of FFCS (Fully Flexible Credit System) on Learning Experience and Academic Performance . Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 143 (14 August 2014), 4 – 7. 9. Zafar, S. , & Sandhu S.Z. (2014). Resistance through Orality (and Silence) in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, and Dessa Rose. Pertan ika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities , 22(2), 419 - 428. 10. Singh A.K., Roy R., Zafar, S. , & Khan Z.A. (2014). A Descriptive Analysis of Relationship between Extraversion - introversion and Behavior and Lifestyle Patterns